Middle East 2013 — Eight-Pointed Starfish-Shape UAP (PR038)

📅 Overview

In 2013 over the Middle East, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) captured a 1-minute 46-second infrared (IR) video showing a UAP officially described by the U.S. War Department as:

"Still from a video featuring an eight-pointed area of contrast captured via infrared sensor."

The shape — an eight-pointed star/starfish form — distinguishes this clip from the more common orb/circular UAP videos. It is widely recognized by Korean viewers as a "starfish-shape UAP."

🎥 Visual Features

• Eight-pointed shape: clearly asymmetric / radial — distinct from orb/circular UAPs
• IR contrast area: bright pattern against background in IR sensor output
• Official classification keyword: "eight-pointed area of contrast" — shape is the categorical descriptor
• 1m 46s duration: among the longer clips in PURSUE Phase 1 (28 videos)
• 2013 incident: one of the oldest military IR UAP videos in PURSUE Phase 1 (12 years held before disclosure)

🛂 Reporting Chain

• ID: DOW-UAP-PR038
• Duration: 1m 46s
• Location: Middle East (specific coordinates redacted)
• Date: 2013 (specific date redacted)
• Sensor: IR sensor on U.S. military platform
• Reporting: CENTCOM → AARO
• Classification: Unresolved
• DVIDS Video ID: 1006119

🤔 Analysis — Why "Eight-pointed"?

If it were a simple diffraction artifact, ordinary aircraft and stars would show the same 8-point sunstar — but no other clip in PURSUE shows this pattern with such tracking duration.

📺 Significance

• One of the few PURSUE Phase 1 videos with shape explicitly described in official documentation
• A 2013 incident held classified for 12+ years before disclosure
• Widely recognized as a "starfish-shape UAP" video by viewers
• Among the most visually striking clips in PURSUE Phase 1

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